We made our annual trip to the Bakersfield Ranch with our
BIOLA friends (AKA as Boochcation). We grow a little more each year..meaning a few more kids get added to the mix. This year we had 16 adults and 19 kids..(1-7yr old, 3-6yr
olds, 5-4yr
olds, 1-3yr old, 5-2yr
olds, & 4-1yr
olds) just a little crazy!! We had a blast and the kids all do so well together. We were missing Brad & Katy, Kendra & Tommy, and Kevin & Brandy this year. We got to the Ranch on Wednesday and the girls headed out to Costco to get the food. It was quite an adventure buying food for that size group. We had our usual pizza dinner to start the vacation off on an "easy" note. The
Vandys had a slight issue the first night when Luke woke up throwing up. It's never easy to deal with a sick child when you aren't at home and you have no laundry. Thank goodness for friends who packed extra stuff, we survived. The lake water is
sulfer, so we think he drank a bit too much while he was swimming. Thankfully he was fine the rest of the trip. We enjoyed our days hanging out by the lake, going down the
waterslide, jumping on the trampoline, eating, taking rests, riding the golf cart, riding on the boat, tubing, and being with great friends. At night after the kids would fall asleep the adults would enjoy our usual games that result in
hysterical laughter and some inappropriateness :). One of the best moments of the trip was when all 8 girls jumped on the 2 tubes and Nick took us for a ride. He was determined to throw us off the tubes, but did well. We flipped over once, but other than that we hung on. It was a blast and we were all laughing so hard and having a great time. We headed out late Friday night instead of Saturday morning because we had to be back for some VBS stuff. Before we left everyone laid hands on Andrew and prayed for him and our family as we approach his surgery. It was very special and surely an emotional moment for us. We are so blessed to have great friends, who even though live many miles away still love and support us so much. We look forward to all the times we get to be together!
We made our annual trip to the Bakersfield Ranch with our BIOLA friends (AKA as Boochcation). We grow a little more each year..meaning a few more kids get added to the mix. This year we had 16 adults and 19 kids..(1-7yr old, 3-6yr olds, 5-4yr olds, 1-3yr old, 5-2yr olds, & 4-1yr olds) just a little crazy!! We had a blast and the kids all do so well together. We were missing Brad & Katy, Kendra & Tommy, and Kevin & Brandy this year. We got to the Ranch on Wednesday and the girls headed out to Costco to get the food. It was quite an adventure buying food for that size group. We had our usual pizza dinner to start the vacation off on an "easy" note. The Vandys had a slight issue the first night when Luke woke up throwing up. It's never easy to deal with a sick child when you aren't at home and you have no laundry. Thank goodness for friends who packed extra stuff, we survived. The lake water is sulfer, so we think he drank a bit too much while he was swimming. Thankfully he was fine the rest of the trip. We enjoyed our days hanging out by the lake, going down the waterslide, jumping on the trampoline, eating, taking rests, riding the golf cart, riding on the boat, tubing, and being with great friends. At night after the kids would fall asleep the adults would enjoy our usual games that result in hysterical laughter and some inappropriateness :). One of the best moments of the trip was when all 8 girls jumped on the 2 tubes and Nick took us for a ride. He was determined to throw us off the tubes, but did well. We flipped over once, but other than that we hung on. It was a blast and we were all laughing so hard and having a great time. We headed out late Friday night instead of Saturday morning because we had to be back for some VBS stuff. Before we left everyone laid hands on Andrew and prayed for him and our family as we approach his surgery. It was very special and surely an emotional moment for us. We are so blessed to have great friends, who even though live many miles away still love and support us so much. We look forward to all the times we get to be together!
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